I picked up this labeller for $5 at a garage sale last weekend. I've had this idea about using one to back up a seed list or passphrase for a while and wanted to try it out.
It runs on AA batteries and feels like something that you used to use before the internet became mainstream. There are a lot of boomers in my area so I see them for sale in a lot of the shopping malls. I just like how they don't need to be connected to the internet.
I played around with the settings. There's a floppy disk button which I think means to simply save what you've written. There's a few fonts and borders, different sizes and lots of symbols (passphrase!).
I printed off a TEST SEED and hid it in a few places like this pen:
And this whiteboard:
The possibilities are endless!
I would destroy the printer after printing any sensitive info.
Printer/scanner forensics is a thing. Lots of people specialize in pulling metadata, observing different levels of wear on the buttons or internal mechanics to identify what was printed on them.
Really?
I guess it's always safer to roll the more paranoid path.
an embossing manual tapewriter is another option - no electronic data security threat, the plastic tape would be waterproof too - not fireproof though, and i dunno how resilient the plastic would be over time.
Some great ideas there 👌 👍
I use various labels for work (not that specific model), but the models I use the labels fade significantly after 5 or 6 years.
Good to know.
I didn't think about changing the ink and whether that would be available if it's an old model.
Depends on your threat model. Doesn't work for me, as it is not fire resistant.
That's a great idea!